Make sure you beat at least 25 Majors (not Majors and above but Majors) AFTER making Major yourself. And beat at least 1 Major in each theatre, each side.
That seems to be a crucial requirement to make Lt. Col.
Hope that helps.

Make sure you beat at least 25 Majors (not Majors and above but Majors) AFTER making Major yourself. And beat at least 1 Major in each theatre, each side.
That seems to be a crucial requirement to make Lt. Col.
Hope that helps.

It came unexpected ! Won 2 extra battles against majors.
Played on.Won the final battle for promotion at RED FACTORIES WITH ALLIESThis gave me my 10th victory as allies in east

This is my end verdict toward promotion to Lt.Col.

ALL THEATERS BOTH SIDES (axis and allies) 10 WINS ON 5 DIFFRENT MAPS
(Missed out 1 map on Med Theater, but substracted some that was mentioned as not counting, so i gess they count.)

100 WINS after becoming Major

(i got exactly that, discounting some maps mentioned as not counting)

5 wins on EVERY THEATER against a MAJOR (or higher) ! but i get back to this below, since i found something bether even

Missed out 1 here for the West Theater, but i had a win on a Lt.Col, so i gess that counts also.

If i ad 5 wins on Col. and 6 on Lt.Col., that makes41 victories since gamestart !?
(Should we need at least 40.)
if i count wins on col. as tripples and Lt.Col. as doubles, i get 50 wins against a major (higher counts as 2 wins) from major on !
If i take Col. wins not as tripples, but ad captains (thats 6) as half points, i also get that 50 wins !

That is at least 5 wins against every class from major down since major !? could be the healthy mix off opponents minimums toward all classes ?!

If i ad Col. Lt.Col. wins i have 2 theaters with 10 wins and 2 with 5 wins against a major (or higher) since becoming major

NEED A TOTAL GAMES PLAYED 250

I had 252 on my counter ! but i see some got ther quicker

From that 250 i had slightly more then 150 WINS !

Maybe 20 medals ! i got 22 without the latest new ones !
OR is it Omaha and Arnhem medals !

IF YOU LOOK AT ALL THE ABOVE YOU GET 10 POINTS OFF INTREST !
IS THAT THE KEY ?

with regards wishing every major GL on getting there !

p.s. Thx for all the help, all people in this post above here and all players help ingame, especialy the higher ranked players, who obviously have good advice and expertise to share !

Ok I have won every scenario on both sides. After being promoted to Lt. Col. I went back and won all &#8220;original&#8221; scenarios on both sides. I have played against around 30 Cadets, and every other rank several times and have played in 784 games at this point. There are some cadets that I have even mucked cards to give them a chance to win, have given them advice on how to play and how they can beat me.What is next? I have spent $68.00 on the online game and have put in a lot hours playing. I have enjoyed the challenge of being promoted so far. I just do not want the challenge to turh to a lesson in futility, with the end result being frustration.

Mr Bluze, I went through your career and apparently you played a total of 171 matches after your promotion to Lt. Colonel. It has been said in the corresponding thread (http://www.daysofwonder.com/en/msg/?th=22532&start=360), although not confirmed, that one of the conditions to move up rank from Lt. Colonel would be a total of at least 250 matches since your last promotion. If this is correct, you are 79 games short.
Just don't give up, keep trying and think of those who achieved their promotions without any clues from their peers

Mr Bluze, it seems you are well on your way to joining us in the Colonel's club. Patience is important, but most importantly keep playing and keep having fun.

I am (and others are) also waiting on DoW. I have played over 650 games as Colonel and there is - to date - not even a hint on what is required for promotion to Brigadier. I hope some of these games will help towards my next promotion.

Well Panzer9000 it seems to get that drink I would have to leave the cosy warm and welcoming Colonels Club, so tell me when it's ready.

On the promotion front:
For Colonel I updated the first post with my own experience: you need to play 25 different cadets.

Furthermore: Personally I think there is also some kind of rank counter involved (obviously for Colonel). DOW wants us to play as much as possible and to help newer players. So If you met the requirements mentioned above but are still not promoted, try playing against different ranks. (And be sure to tell us here.)

First to be complete (you missed two ) THE complete list of what not counts for Lt Col:
Western: Operation Spring
Eastern: Warsaw and Rhez
Mediterranian: Gallabat&Metemma, Montélimar, Toulon, Tunisia and Knightsbridge

Then your question: I believe you have to win all 45 scenario's both sides to become a Colonel. But you can test it by playing more then 225 games and 25 different cadets and winning al the otter scenario's from both sides. If you get promoted we'll know. If not you can always play the missing ones afterwards.

To be safe you could go for 250, but there are Colonels who did it in under 250 (so the rumor goes, I have not yet investigated). To be on the safe side you might go for 250 before playing/winning the other scenarios.

The next Lt Col we can then ask order to do the scenarios and cadets first and then investigate as to how many games it would be. (If (s)he has not passed that mark already going for the other two requirements.)

I was recently promoted to Lt Colonel and was able to clear up a few things. I intentionally avoided playing Sugar Loaf and Half Moon (Pacific) and also Into the Cauldron (Mediterranean) so I'm able to disprove the assertion that "You need to have played (not won) all scenarios from all sides".

Rest of post redacted!

I came up with 3 rules that worked for me but after examining other peoples records I found that none of the rules applied. Still researching...

However: I think you missed something. reviewing your service record I can only find one allied win on Gallabat and Mettema not two. So the conclusions you draw after that (adding wins before promotion to Major and subtracting the wins against cadets) I feel are not supported by the evidence.

We are pretty sure (read: set in stone) that wins previous to your Major promotion don't count. With the above mentioned oversight, your dilemma is solved I think.

As for the most pressing question on the Colonel promotion:
Are you having fun?

You need to have played 25 different cadets
You need to have won all scenarios form both sides (some debate here Lt Col Van Voort is investigating, see post two above yours)

Speculations that are still out there:
You need to win a specified amount of battles (250 has been suggested but Quit2 made it with 237 games since being promoted Lt. Col.)
Maybe you need wins against all ranks available.
Some cadets need to promote against you (unlikely but prove it wrong and tell us)
You need a specific number of battles against cadets (unlikely but prove it wrong and tell us)

So take your pick and investigate, I have no doubt you will report in the same detailed fashion you have done so now. You can do that either here or in the Colonel thread.

To get to Colonel you need to win most battles from both sides, and other conditions.
A number of the latest scenarios aren't needed for promotion - as they were released or made available after the promotion to Colonel was made available.

Quit2 (237 wins ? ; I did not check) and --JP (249 wins, I checked) are two notable exceptions.

All other colonels, if not mistaken, reached the rank after hitting their 250th battle AFTER being promoted to Lt Colonel.

Hamon Serrano DID NOT play on ALL "official" maps (i.e. did not win on all maps also).

Indeed, if some maps are not needed, as far as I am concerned, I played and won every map available at that moment with both sides, to feel that my promotion was earned (including Toulon, Gallabat, Montélimar, Tunisia, Rhzev, Warsaw, Knightsbridge & Spring).

Can you do the following test:
Win more scenarios up to like 240. Then only play and win expert scenarios.
Some of us got promoted before reaching 250, and the difference could be about the number of wins those players had on expert. Se if you get promoted after reaching 250 total.
You might have to play one more non-expert game afterwards, since it seems you can only get promoted at the end of a non-expert scenario.

Major Supers here, just giving you all my input into the race for Lt.Col.
I have now recorded at least 10 wins as axis and allies on all fronts , but I am now checking my figures and it would appear that I haven't got the wins on 5 different maps. I still need allied win in the eastern theatre and 2 maps in the Med. Will work on these over the weekend (wife allowing) and report back!!!!